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From: ghelf on 2 Feb 2010 23:46
When a full scan is done on a computer, are all files of all types looked at
for infection or only files that have changed since the last scan?

From: FromTheRafters on 3 Feb 2010 06:45
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> When a full scan is done on a computer, are all files of all types
> looked at for infection or only files that have changed since the last
> scan?

Which AV program?


From: ghelf on 3 Feb 2010 17:57

"FromTheRafters" <erratic(a)nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message
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> "ghelf" <ghelf(a)sbcglobalDeathToSpam.net> wrote in message
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>> When a full scan is done on a computer, are all files of all types looked
>> at for infection or only files that have changed since the last scan?
>
> Which AV program?
>
Well, I'm using McAfee but wouldn't most AV programs operate the same way.
I thought the big difference between AV products was the size of their
signature library and
suspicious behavior algorithms.

From: Fuzzy Logic on 3 Feb 2010 18:26
"ghelf" <ghelf(a)sbcglobalDeathToSpam.net> wrote in
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> When a full scan is done on a computer, are all files of all types
> looked at for infection or only files that have changed since the last
> scan?

This will depend on the software. There are often options to scan everything, suggested files, etc.
You will need to check YOUR configuration.
From: David H. Lipman on 3 Feb 2010 18:50
From: "ghelf" <ghelf(a)sbcglobalDeathToSpam.net>


| "FromTheRafters" <erratic(a)nomail.afraid.org> wrote in message
| news:hkbnlo$t9q$1(a)news.eternal-september.org...
>> "ghelf" <ghelf(a)sbcglobalDeathToSpam.net> wrote in message
>> news:V_CdnVef2KEyYvXWnZ2dnUVZ_uqdnZ2d(a)giganews.com...
>>> When a full scan is done on a computer, are all files of all types looked
>>> at for infection or only files that have changed since the last scan?

>> Which AV program?

| Well, I'm using McAfee but wouldn't most AV programs operate the same way.
| I thought the big difference between AV products was the size of their
| signature library and
| suspicious behavior algorithms.


No.
Not at all !
McAfee is one that does not.

--
Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp


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